it's like a national sales tax and in the current environment where washington desperately needs money, you've capped how much you can take in income taxes in our fiscal cliff deal. where else do you get the money? a consumption tax? a carbon tax? a value added tax? a gas tax, butat you consume. when you spend your money, you get taxed. that's a big revenue hog. >> megyn: it's a big number for a lot of americans, stu, thank you. >> sure. >> megyn: coming up, new details on a terrifying hour's long ordeal for a woman who found herself in a tight spot. trace is next on how crazy this scene came to be. stay with us. >> now a story about how a teen spirit is sidelined by flu fears in new york. the new york soccer club is banning hand shakes and high-fives for now anyway, and they didn't breathe on each other either, it's like, okay, kind of hard to stop, but all right. the president of the club happens to be an infectious disease specialist and she knows what she's talking about and says they're asking parents to keep sick kids at home. that's smart. and using the word epidemic here, alrea